The bodega isn't a financial institution!
Some banks used to sell gift cards, which that clause covers.
When you purchase a gift card at a drugstore, the credit card Company does not get the information about what you purchased. They simply know where you purchased it, when you purchased it, and for how much.
it's impossible to say what will happen next week or next month in the manufactured spending game, but I can tell you that for over a year I've purchased hundreds of thousands of dollars of gift cards and have never been charged A cash advance fee.